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COMMS
SALUTING TWO VISIONARIES OF THE SPACE AGE
When one interviews Buzz Aldrin, it’s rarely a
GET OUT OF NORMAL!
In Star Trek, Captain James T. Kirk would
COUNTDOWN
5 POP-TOP
View of SpaceX’s Starship Mk. 1 after the
4 LOOK OUT BELOW
A launch of a Long March 3 rocket
3 BUGS ON MARS?
Images of rocky formations on Mars, when enlarged,
2 HARD LUCK FOR VIKRAM 
A visualization of India’s Vikram lander during terminal
1 IT JUST KEEPS GOING, AND GOING
For anyone concerned that Jupiter may lose its
FEATURES
BUZZ AT 90
Buzz on Mars. Credit: James Vaughan Buzz Aldrin
SETTLEMENT
ARE SPACE SETTLEMENTS EASIER THAN WE THINK?
A 1970s visualization of an O’Neill Cylinder interior
A SPACEWALKING FIRST
Replacing a power controller on the ISS during
THE INTERNET OF THINGS AND THE NSS
Chantelle Baier, the Creative Arts Director of the
ISDC 2020
Marc Rayman in the High Bay at NASA’s
ASTRO NAUT TOUGH
Testing the Astronaut Smart Glove with a drone
DANGEROUS DUST
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech “WE’D LIKE TO CHANGE OUR CALL
FEATURE
DESTINATION MOON
In the fifty years since the first lunar
AN INSPIRATION THAT NEVER FLEW
North American Rockwell’s wooden shuttle mockup when new.
NSS LOUNGE
Remembering Apollo
The year 2019 saw the 50th anniversaries of
MORE ON ISDC 2019
Stop a random passerby on the street and
Mexican University Students
Professor Aida Wofford, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Institute of Astronomy + Alfred Anzaldúa, Executive Vice President of the NSS
The High Frontier: An Easier Way
AUTHOR: Tom Marotta and Al Globus FORMAT: Paperback, Kindle PAGES: 114 PUBLISHER: CreateSpace ISBN-10: 0464706300 DATE: July 2018 RETAIL PRICE: $22.99/$4.99 CATEGORY: Nonfiction 
See You in Orbit: Our Dream of Spaceflight
AUTHOR: Alan Ladwig FORMAT: Paperback, Kindle PAGES: 500 PUBLISHER: To Orbit Productions ISBN-10: 1733265708 DATE: October 9, 2019 RETAIL PRICE: Paperback, $18; E-book $12 (Kindle) CATEGORY: Nonfiction
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